Downloading images shot in RAW into Aperture 3

Downloading images shot in RAW into Aperture 3, why does it look great on my monitor, then when the images finish loading, the image is dark, then requiring me to fix-it.

why does it look great on my monitor, then when the images finish loading, the image is dark, then requiring me to fix-it.
Have you applied any in-camera processing to your photos? Like "Preserve Highlights"?
When you import raw images into Aperture, you will see the camera generated preview, that is embedded into your raw file, while Aperture is importing the raw file. Once the file has been imported, Aperture will create its own thumbnails and previews.
The camera generated, embedded jpeg will reflect all in-camera processing of the raw, but the final image in Aperture will not show this. Aperture uses only the naked raw, as directly recorded by the sensor. If you want the camera processing, import jpegs and not raw.
Regards
Léonie

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Message was edited by: shep222

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